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What on earth does "fiscally conservative" mean?
Based on current political discourse in Canada, the best I can come up with is “Not the NDP.” Liberals, along with other purported moderates, love the political ideology of “socially…
John Fraser to win in Ottawa South!
That’s been my prediction, and I’m sticking with it. My friend John is in the one Ontario Liberal byelection contest I feel good about. This Ottawa Citizen story, here, suggests…
Suburban Community Considers Higher Taxes for Paved Properties
Toronto and area received massive rain fall last week and one suburban community has decided that the need to encourage better water management through taxes. Basically, if you pave over…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, July 16, 2013: “Psychic sued for failing to lift love curse” New lawyers signal reduced expectations in…
On change #nlpoli
One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen might change the world, as Malala Yousefzai says. The pen and book are of no use, though, if the student and…
Cabinet shuffle question
I’m at the cabin with Son Two and Son Three – so I was unable to check if Michelle Rempel was again asked what hair products she uses by that…
Losing the world, and some sleep, but enjoying it
Brave New World – not the novel of a dystopian future by Aldous Huxley – is the name of the latest add-on for Civilization V, following after Gods &…
Paranoia, Inc.
Read all about it here. Recommend this Post
Taking Aim At His Enemies
Stephen Harper shuffled his deck chairs yesterday. And Mike De Souza reports, in The National Post, that incoming ministers received a package which included a list of Harper’s enemies: Prime…
A Match Made in Heaven – Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart Unite!!
A Match Made in Heaven – Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart Unite!! Shoppers kills millions of trees a week on advertising, trying to lure people to stores to buy merchandise—on…
Trading staterooms on HMCS Harper.
Prime Minister Harper’s cabinet shuffle is not just new lifeboat assignments. The changes on Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Harper are to decide who is to go first class on their…
The Legend of Pokadot Joe
In the years before the Great Waffle, the common people had a champion. Whenever injustice reared its linear head, Pokadot Joe was there to thump it with his curly-cue cudgel…
Dishonesty gives cause for termination in financial industry
Agostino v. Gary Bean Securities Ltd., 2013 ONSC 6918 holds: I recognize that dishonesty does not automatically mean that an employer has cause for dismissal. Writing on behalf of a…
On Smoking
I took the kids to the beach on Sunday, and there’s new signage everywhere about the problems with using the sand as an ashtray. In hopes for a “butt-free beach,”…
Roz Savage: Stop Drifting, Start Rowing
Roz Savage has an amazing story to tell, about how she left the life that was expected of her, to become an ocean adventurer. Is she crazy? You decide: *…
Learn Now. Pay Later. #nlpoli
A college or university education has an undeniable value both to the student and to the society as a whole. But should either party bear a disproportionate share of the…
Sound Advice for Autism Speaks
In yesterday’s commentary Autism Speaks Joins Drake And J.Cole In Insulting 40% With Autism AND Intellectual Disability I criticized Autism Speaks for stigmatizing persons with Intellectual Disability, particularly the 40%…